John J Salmon

John Salmon's practice centers on federal income tax, pension trust and international trade. It involves a broad range of income tax matters and also includes work on other policy questions involving virtually all major federal entitlement programs. Mr. Salmon represents a number of clients in the development of strategies and technical material for complex legislation before the U.S. Congress, and related activities before the relevant Executive Branch department or agency, including the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service. He serves as counsel and secretary of the Board of the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust. He has been retained by the International Monetary Fund as an expert consultant to serve as a Legal Advisor to one of its member countries on income tax policy and legislative draft matters. From 1981 through January 1985, Mr. Salmon was Chief Counsel of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. As Chief Counsel, he headed the majority staff of the House Committee which has jurisdiction over all legislation relating to federal taxation, international trade and tariffs, and the broad range of programs authorized under the Social Security Act. Mr. Salmon has considerable expertise on legislative drafting, the Congressional budget process and the intricate set of parliamentary rules that govern the development and consideration of complex multijurisdictional legislation in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Mr. Salmon is a 1995 recipient of the Georgetown University John Carroll award for lifetime achievement.